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ABSTRACT: Objectives
This study intended to investigate the dynamics of anti-spike (S) IgG and IgM antibodies in COVID-19 patients.Methods
Anti-S IgG/IgM was determined by a semi-quantitative fluorescence immunoassay in the plasma of COVID-19 patients at the manifestation and rehabilitation stages. The immunoreactivity to full-length S proteins, C-terminal domain (CTD), and N-terminal domain (NTD) of S1 fragments were determined by an ELISA assay. Clinical properties at admission and discharge were collected simultaneously.Results
The positive rates of anti-S IgG/IgM in COVID-19 patients were elevated after rehabilitation compared to the in-patients. Anti-S IgG and IgM were not apparent until day 14 and day ten, respectively, according to Simple Moving Average analysis with five days' slide window deduction. More than 90% of the rehabilitation patients exhibited IgG and IgM responses targeting CTD-S1 fragments. Decreased total peripheral lymphocytes, CD4+ and CD8+ T cell counts were seen in COVID-19 patients at admission and recovered after the rehabilitation.Conclusions
Anti-S IgG and IgM do not appear at the onset with the decrease in T cells, making early serological screening less significant. However, the presence of high IgG and IgM to S1-CTD in the recovered patients highlights humoral responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection, which might be associated with efficient immune protection in COVID-19 patients.
SUBMITTER: Bao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7836795 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bao Yujie Y Ling Yun Y Chen Ying-Ying YY Tian Di D Zhao Guo-Ping GP Zhang Xiang-Hui XH Hang Hong H Li Yu Y Su Bing B Lu Hong-Zhou HZ Xu Jie J Wang Ying Y
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 20201210
<h4>Objectives</h4>This study intended to investigate the dynamics of anti-spike (S) IgG and IgM antibodies in COVID-19 patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Anti-S IgG/IgM was determined by a semi-quantitative fluorescence immunoassay in the plasma of COVID-19 patients at the manifestation and rehabilitation stages. The immunoreactivity to full-length S proteins, C-terminal domain (CTD), and N-terminal domain (NTD) of S1 fragments were determined by an ELISA assay. Clinical properties at admission and disch ...[more]